Part 5

Duties on clubs and competition organisers etc

Duties on specified competition organisers

Duties to notify and consult the IFR
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1
A specified competition organiser must notify the IFR where—
a
the organiser considers that there is a risk of the IFR’s ability to advance its club financial soundness objective or its systemic financial resilience objective being jeopardised,
b
the organiser has failed to comply with a commitment accepted by the IFR under section 24 or the organiser considers that there is an immediate risk of it failing to so comply, or
c
the organiser considers or suspects that a club has breached a relevant rule of a specified competition.
2
A notice under subsection (1) must—
a
explain why the specified competition organiser considers the duty under that subsection to have arisen, and
b
be given as soon as reasonably practicable after the specified competition organiser considers the duty under that subsection to have arisen.
3
A specified competition organiser must also notify the IFR before a penalty, sanction or other requirement (whether financial or otherwise) is imposed, whether by the organiser or another person, on a club that breaches or is suspected to have breached a relevant rule of a specified competition.
4
Where a notice under subsection (3) is not given before a penalty, sanction or other requirement is imposed, the specified competition organiser must notify the IFR of the fact that a penalty, sanction or other requirement has been imposed as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of that fact.
5
A notice under subsection (3) or (4) must explain why the penalty, sanction or other requirement is being or has been imposed.
6
A specified competition organiser must consult the IFR before—
a
adding or removing a relevant rule of a specified competition, or
b
varying a relevant rule of a specified competition, unless the variation is not material.
7
A consultation under subsection (6) must—
a
explain why the specified competition organiser is proposing to add, remove or vary the relevant rule of a specified competition;
b
include a draft of the additional or varied rule.
8
In this section, “relevant rule of a specified competition” means a rule of the specified competition organised by the specified competition organiser that is relevant to the exercise of any of the IFR’s functions under this Act.